Guelph Lake Nature Center/Riverside Park

Typical Adult Male Red-winged Blackbird Displaying
Adult Male Eastern Northern Cardinal Perched

Adult Female Red-breasted Nuthatch Feeding

Canada Geese

Adult Male Eastern Downy Woodpecker Feeding

Southern Adult Female Common Redpoll Feeding

Today at noon Ruth picked me up and we drove to Guelph Lake Nature Center, we discussed birds we have recently seen. When we arrived there, there was a feeding area with many species of birds feeding like siskins and sparrows and a Red Squirrel. We stayed there for about an hour studying the behaviour of each particular bird. Next we went to Riverside Park, there was also many birds. We brought some seed with us as many birds there are very tame and will feed out of your hand. We started walking on the boardwalk but there weren't many birds there, so we turned around and many birds came. We sat down by a feeding station and watched chickadees, nuthatches and sparrows feed which was very interesting. Anyway it was soon afternoon so Ruth drove me home.

Goodbye,

Birdman

Sleepover

On Saturday morning we packed and left for Oshawa. On the way there I watched "Sandlot: Heading Home". When we arrived in Oshawa, we looked at a few houses for sale and picked one, we will be moving there in late March. Anyway, next we went to my friends house. Lucas had bought "Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force" for his "Nintendo DS Lite". Of course I had bought this a few months ago so we connected using download play and competed in several "Club Penguin" games like snowboarding. After a few hours we went in their basement and played "Rock Band" I played the guitar and completed 89% notes in the song I was playing, soon it got late so we went to bed. The next morning we went to church and had lunch at "Swiss Chalet". We went home late and went right to bed.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Chicopee Field Trip/Lobster

Today at 9:30am my school left for Chicopee to go skiing/snowboarding. We got on the bus and it was about a 30 minute drive. When we got out a instructor told us all the rules of skiing/snowboarding, I chose snowboarding so I went with my group and we got our snowboarding boots, snowboard and helmet. Then our instructor taught us how to snowboard on one of the easiest terrain, although snowboarding is not as easy as it looks. After she left I had a lot of trouble and could only stay up about 10 seconds, so I experimented with different terrain. At about 2:00pm I had lunch and bought some hockey cards. Then I went out again and stayed up about half the way down and I was going extremely fast and I couldn't stop so I did a triple flip and "face plant". My friends moved on to the advanced hills so I had to snowboard by myself. Although my frustration grew I didn't give up. Then it was time to go but the chair lift didn't permit going down, so I had to go down the intermediate hill. I crashed several times but I still had fun. At 4:00pm my dad picked me up and I went to swimming lessons. Anyway, no web page has information on this strange thing that is having to my lobster (read previous post.) Again if you know anything about this please leave all you know in the comments.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Pregnant Lobster?

Blue Lobster Foraging

It appears that my Blue Lobster is carrying something with its tail curled, possibly young lobsters? It has been cleaning and putting food under its tail. Please let me know in the comments if you know what this is and why my lobster is acting strangely, thank you. I'll be researching to find out what this is and let you know what I find out later.

Goodbye,

Birdman

My Dog, Max

Max is a 1 year, 340 days old Pug. His favourite things to do are go for walks and take long naps. His favourite toys are his blanket, rope and "bouncy ball". Max sleeps on his bed, our sofa and our couch, during the night he sleeps with me in my bed. He is very active, entertaining us when somebody has just entered our front door. Pugs are known as "big dogs in small bodies" for his big personality behaviour. When visitors leave he is sleeping quietly on his bed only "rolling" his eyes at people when they call "Max, come!" When are quite privileged to have such a friendly, entertaining dog in our home, thank you mom and dad for adopting Max, our Pug.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Family Day

Family Day is not a official holiday, it was made by a lower group than the government party so most people have to work on this day. Only a few schools consider this day a holiday so most people still have to go to school on this day. The only people that celebrate this day are people in Saskatewhan, Manitoba, Ontario, Arizona and Australia. Anyway, we may be going swimming today.
Goodbye,
Birdman

New Classroom

In a few weeks we will have new classrooms.

New E-mail Address

If any of you are uninformed, I have a new e-mail address. It is swpsnook@hotmail.com its also my new Messenger address. Please pass this on so I can get all my contacts back. Thank you.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Ice Fishing Trip

Me Ice Fishing

Today at 11:00am we checked the weather which was -26 degrees Celsius, so we tried to rent a hut a Belwood Lake but they were all rented, so we dressed warmly and packed all our ice fishing supplies. Then we went to the tackle shop and bought some live minnows and drove to Belwood Lake, the ice was 26 cm thick so we paid and parked by the lake. Apparently nobody had caught anything, but we still went on the lake and drilled 4 holes. Then we started fishing, first I used a small weighted jig tipped with waxies for 40 minutes, starting at 125 cm deep and raising it 12.5 cm every 10 minutes. Then I used the same technique but with the jig tipped with live minnows instead of waxies for 40 minutes. Unfortunately while I was doing this I had helped my dad drill another hole and missed a bite. Everyone was starting to get inpatient so we all switched holes and techniques. Then it got even worse, my fishing rod broke, it got even colder and my brother had to go to the washroom, so we left. We went to Tim Hortons and had a snack and drove around Guelph Lake. A few people were ice fishing there but the rest of the lake looked to be never walked on, so we didn't fish there and went home. Hopefully next time we will have a better time, thank you mom and dad for making this possible.

Goodbye,

Birdman

Ice Fishing Trip Tomorrow

Tomorrow we are going ice fishing at Belwood Lake, my dad said its safe there and it will be about -15 degress Celcius so we can go for sure. This is going to be a family trip, we have all researched ice fishing and we have all our gear. I can't wait!
Goodbye,
Birdman

Ice Fishing Trip Soon

This Saturday we are going to Belwood Lake to ice fish for Panfish. Check my blog tomorrow for more details, I will write about our trip on Saturday.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Koinonia Christian Academy

Sorry I haven't done a blog post in a while, it was because I had a lot of homework lately. Anyway after this Christmas break I have been going to KCA because I was being bullied in my old school. My teacher is Mrs. Collard and I've made 5 friends there; Aaron, Jonathan, Josiah, Max and Wolfgang. My birthday was January 12th and I had a party on January 17th. Unfortunately Aaron couldn't come, but we still had fun. The party started at 1:00pm and everyone arrived on time. First we played hockey for about an hour, Wolfgang and Max were very good. Then we went inside and ate, Max made us laugh! Next we played the Nintendo Wii, we played Wii Sports, we all increased our skill level about 50 points. Then we played Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. We unlocked high jump and set some world records. We had a lot of fun, then everyone left accept Josiah so we played the Wii again. We unlocked Archery and played floor hockey and Magnetix. It was a lot of fun, then Josiah left at 8.
Thank you guys for the gifts, they are awesome!
Goodbye,
Birdman

New School

New Year's Eve

I am celebrating New Year's Eve by having a sleepover at my friend Zack's house. I will write about it tomorrow. How do you celebrate New Year's Eve and what are your New Year's Resolutions?

Goodbye,

Birdman

Technical Difficulties

If any of you have a blogger page and know how to fix the problems with signing in? Please, leave any suggestins in the comments.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Christmas Day

Today is Christmas, here is how my day went. This morning I woke up at 8:00am then I woke up the rest of my family. We went downstairs and Jesse and I opened our presents, at 10:30am all the presents under the tree were opened so mom and dad surprised us with the best presents, Jesse got a mini snowmobile and I got a video camera. We had a big family breakfast then at 1:00pm we went to Aunt Lori's and Uncle Bruce's house. We had a great party, then we had another big family meal and partied until late. Then we drove back home and its 11:00pm. How did your Christmas Day go?
Goodbye,
Birdman

Christmas Eve

Today is Christmas Eve, Christmas is a celebration of Jesus. It took place from December 25-January 7. That's how the 12 days of Christmas came to be known. It started when Mary and Joseph were engaged, the Lord gave Mary a child without Joseph knowing she had a baby this way. Joseph didn't want to get married anymore but that night he had a dream. The dream was about a angel telling him that the Lord gave Mary the child spiritually and told him to name the child Jesus, meaning God saves. Mary was about to have the child so God told them to go to Bethlehem to have the baby. They did, but they could not find a place for the baby to be born so they went to a stable. Meanwhile 3 wise men saw the Christmas Star, they knew this meant Jesus was born so they went around Bethlehem asking people where Jesus was born. King Herod heard about this so he sent people out to kill him. The 3 wise men realized the Christmas Star would guide them to where Jesus was born so they followed it and found him. The first wise man gave Jesus, Gold. The second wise man gave Jesus, Frankincense. The third wise man gave Jesus Mirth. Then Joseph had a dream about another angel telling him to get out of Bethlehem because King Herod sent people out to kill the child. They did and that's the true meaning of Christmas.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Hike At Homer Watson Park

Today at 9:00am my dad and I did some Erinn's then we went to Homer Watson Park. We arrived there at 11:00am we started walking in the trail I heard a very quiet bro. I heard it continually until I heard chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers and other forest birds. Then the bro started to get louder and finally my dad heard it. Everything went quiet for about ten minutes then all the birds started singing again. This was obviously a male Snowy Owl, I was very excited because I have never seen or heard a Snowy Owl before. Now I can finally say I've seen or heard all the owls in southern Ontario, even the rarest ones! This day will be very remember able for me! Have you seen all the local owls in your area? If no, I hope you do sometime. If your a intermediate birder like me you'll know how great it feels to accomplish this. To find out what level of a birder you are go on the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (http://birds.cornell.edu/), go on All About Birds and take the Bird Brain Challenge. I will be posting pictures again once the temperature rises to at least 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Kitchener.
Goodbye,
Birdman

New Winter Birds!

Some of you who live in southern Ontario may have seen Common Goldeneyes and Snow Buntings recently. If you have seen these birds or any other birds please make an account on eBird (http://ebird.org.) It is a website where you report your observations and helps orthinologists study birds. These birds have arrived a little late due to the recent fierce storms in southern Ontario, also they had to take a different route due to the storms in New York and other northern states. Anyway, some of you may have neve heard of these birds so here is a few facts about them. Goldeneyes nest in tree cavities near water. They winter in small flocks by water. Best indentified by bill and head. The Common Goldeneye or Bucephala clangula has a length of 18.5 inches. It has a wingspan of 26 inches and a weight of 1.9 pounds. Flies with deep wingbeats. The Snow Bunting